to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away
morning soap opera; morning television serial
self-supporting student; working student
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
people with a pure and innocent image (esp. actresses, singers, etc.)
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
penalty for contract breach
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
(sexually) attractive older woman; mature woman; MILF
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
garage; carport; depot (trains, buses, etc.)
snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
sales promotion; hard selling
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
four (long cylindrical things)
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
the matter you have been talking about